Race 2 Win: Sony HD 500 - WIX Filters Lap Leader Notes

Nextel Cup Series

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER NOTES FOR THE SONY HD 500 NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES RACE AT CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2006.

Kasey Kahne led eight times for 130 laps to win the WIX Filters Lap Leader of the Race award in the Sony HD 500. Kahne claimed the honor for the second time this season. He has led 33 times in nine races for a total of 499 laps this season. Kahne led the most laps for the first time since the Coca-Cola 600 (race No. 12).

Kahne won Sunday night’s race and is UNOFFICIALLY 11th in the NEXTEL Cup Series championship standings, 30 points behind 10th-place Jeff Burton. Kahne also led the most laps in the race, scoring the maximum number of points available.

KAHNE QUOTES: “Winning the WIX Filters Lap Leader award was just icing on the cake tonight. This is all we could do. We did everything possible. We gained the most points we could possibly gain on a weekend. We cut it down. We just need to do our best next weekend and see where the points end up. Hopefully we’ll be on the right side of it.”

Kahne score his fifth victory of the 2006 season, most of all drivers. He gave Dodge their first victory in a NEXTEL Cup race at California Speedway since the track opened in 1997. Kahne scored his fourth top-10 finish in six races at California Speedway.

The victory was Kahne’s fifth in 75 career superspeedway starts.

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD STANDINGS
Greg Biffle 5 
Tony Stewart 5
Jeff Gordon 3 
Matt Kenseth 3
Denny Hamlin 2
Jeff Burton 2
Kasey Kahne 2
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 
Jamie McMurray 1 
Kyle Busch 1 

WIX FILTERS LAP LEADER AWARD WINNERS BY RACE 
EVENT DRIVER
Daytona 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (32 laps)
Auto Club 500 Greg Biffle (168 laps)
UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 Matt Kenseth (146 laps)
Golden Corral 500 Greg Biffle (128 laps)
Food City 500 Tony Stewart (245 laps)
DIRECTV 500 Tony Stewart (288 laps)
Samsung/RadioShack 500 Tony Stewart (99 laps)
Subway Fresh 500 Greg Biffle (151 laps) 
Aaron’s 499 Jeff Gordon (62 laps)
Crown Royal 400 Greg Biffle (54 laps)
Dodge Charger 500 Greg Biffle (170 laps)
Coca-Cola 600 Kasey Kahne (158 laps) 
Neighborhood Excellence 400 Jamie McMurray (95 laps)
Pocono 500 Denny Hamlin (83 laps)
3M Performance 400 Jeff Gordon (50 laps)
Dodge/Save Mart 350 Jeff Gordon (44 laps)
Pepsi 400 Tony Stewart (86 laps)
USG Sheetrock 400 Matt Kenseth (112 laps) 
Lenox Industrial Tools 300 Kyle Busch (107 laps)
Pennsylvania 500 Denny Hamlin (151 laps)
Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Jeff Burton (87 laps)
AMD at the Glen Tony Stewart (seven laps)
GFS Marketplace 400 Matt Kenseth (87 laps)
Sharpie 500 Jeff Burton (263 laps)
Sony HD 500 Kasey Kahne (130 laps)